Cochrane Ontario Canada, the town from RAD

Most of the film RAD is set and filmed in Cochrane Ontario Canada.

Wanna go to the place where Ray Walston rides his bike with his coffee?

It's located at 521 1 St W, Cochrane, AB T4C 0A4, Canada:

You can find many of the other locations on this map.

Here are a few locations from Speed

Early on Keanu goes to a coffee shop and after exiting a bus blows up. 

This is at: 

Main Street and Rose Ave

Santa Monica, CA

They show us the sign that says Main St. and a look at a clown statue:

We see the North Beach Bar & Grill (today it's a CVS):

 And the bright red Cafe that Keanu goes to:

Then we see the bus blow up:

Later in the film Sandra Bullock hits a baby carriage full of cans.
This is near
W Pico Blvd & S Rimpau Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019

Here is a reverse shot, notice the "printing sign" (you see the bottom of it in the screen cap above):

We also see the cops ride past the Pico Pre School:

The sign appears to have a cartoon of Big Bird on it:

That sign isn't there anymore, but otherwise the school looks very much the same today.
The school is located at 4436 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.



The coffee shop and bus explosion:

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The baby carriage full of cans:

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The Pico Pre School:
 
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Locations from New Years Evil

Here are a few locations from the slasher film New Years Evil.

Just before two of the kills, the killer stops at Golden Arrow Liquor. The liquor store was located at (approx) 13231 Victory Blvd Van Nuys, CA

A Walgreens and a vacant lot are located on the grounds of the old Golden Arrow. However, the strip mall across the street still stands with new tenants:

Later, after crashing into a group of bikers the killer races past Dales Jr liquor store:

It is still located at 12500 Oxnard Street, North Hollywood, CA





After passing the liquor store he stops by the Van Nuys Drive In.

The drive in was located at 15040 Roscoe Boulevard, Van Nuys, CA 91343. A school occupies the space today.

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The Bio-Dome from Bio-Dome

 If you're a fan of this dopey film (and I am) this is a fun location. Its the titular location of the film and you can visit and spend time looking at the pretty flowers:

The Japanese Garden is located at:
6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California

The "My Name is Earl" motel

5 years ago I visited the motel from "My Name is Earl".

I arrived at the motel October 23, 2007 and I was stunned to find a camera crew setting up to shoot My Name Is Earl.

I drove by the motel a bunch of times and tried to sneak a few photos:

The next day I returned to find that the film crew was gone. Here are some photos I was able to take:

This first one shows the pool, which is often showcased in the show. I remember hearing on the DVD commentary track that they have to "muddy" the water in the pool with some dye so the pool looks extra dirty.

That doesn't explain the set of toilets next to the pool. I wonder if they ALWAYS have toilets by the pool. That would be rather convenient.

It is located at 8424 Sepulveda Boulevard, North Hills, Los Angeles, California.





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The building with a hole in it from the opening of Miami Vice

I love the opening theme from Miami Vice! There is one thing in the title sequence that always stood out to me:

The girls in bikinis! 

Oh yeah, and the building with a hole in it.

What kind of building is this? I need to know more!

I googled "miami building with hole" and quickly found the answer:
It's called The Atlantis and it is a condo complex.

You can easily see it from the street:


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You can find it at:
2025 Brickell Ave, Miami. Fl. 33129

I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With

This 2006 Jeff Garlin film shot in several locations in Chicago.

The hot dog stand with the "pirate" is:

Budacki's Drive In
4739 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL
(773) 561-1322 ‎

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The ice cream shop where he meets Sarah Silverman's character was located at:
3731 N Clark, Chicago, IL

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The ice cream shop is closed and it's now a Mexican restaurant.

The shot from the movie I really wanted to know existed was the spot where Garlin's character stopped to eat junk food multiple times in the film.

It appeared to be a quiet neighborhood where you could see the scoreboard from Wrigley Field. I wanted to see if it was a real spot of a faked location.

Sadly, I don't have a screenshot but the location does seem to exist right along this street:



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